Question Presented: Whether an Indiana statute mandating that those seeking to vote in-person produce a government issued photo identification violates the First or Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.
Stevens, J., announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, J., joined. Scalia, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Thomas and Alito, JJ., joined. Souter, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Ginsburg, J., joined. Breyer, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
Question Presented: Whether an Indiana statute mandating that those seeking to vote in-person produce a government issued photo identification violates the First or Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.
You know the rules
Here's the Decision in FindLaw.
And the link from ScotusWiki. (somehow I can't quite get this link to work, but it's there)
The Law in Question: SEA 483: The Voter ID Law:
Other Laws referred to int he decision:
- The National Voter Registration Act.
- The Help America Vote Act.
Relevant precedence:
- Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections.
- Burdick v. Takushi.
Stevens, J., announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, J., joined.
Scalia, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Thomas and Alito, JJ., joined.
Souter, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Ginsburg, J., joined.
Breyer, J., filed a dissenting opinion.